Tuberculosis Cases Related to Tertiary Care Cardiac Center Experiences in the Last 10 Years

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases known to affect human health, which is gaining renewed importance today. Methods: In our center, which is a tertiary research hospital, the data of patients hospitalized due to TB between 2011 and 2022 were retrospectively identified by searching the database. Results: Six women (30.0%) and 14 men (70.0%) were included in the study. When analyzed by age grouping, four patients between the ages of 19 and 34 years (20.0%), five patients between the ages of 38 and 58 years (25.0%), five patients aged 61-69 years (25.0%), and six patients aged 70-81 years (30.0%). Radiographs showed cavitation in 9 (45.0%) patients, and 11 (55.0%) patients had no radiologic findings. The ARS results of the participants showed that there were 7 (35.0%) patients positive and 13 (65.0%) patients negative. When the TB culture variables of the participants were analyzed, it was found that there were 5 (25.0%) people with no growth and 15 (75.0%) people with growth. Concurrent diseases were noted in patients including 5 (25.0%) with organ transplantation, 3 (15.0%) with diabetes mellitus, 2 (%10) with cancer, and 2 (10%) with chronic renal failure according to the chart records. The distribution of cases was as follows: 19 (95.0%) pulmonary TB and 1 (5.0%) pleural TB. It was found that there were 5 (25.0%) people with a history of TBC and 15 people (75.0%) without a history of TBC. Moreover, drug susceptibility tests showed that 5 (25%) patients of the isolates were identified as multidrug resistant with first-line drug susceptibility testing. Conclusion: The study was not financially supported by any individual/organization, and the authors have no vested interests.